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' and arrangement of parts, substantially as ANDREW M. woons, OFSHILOH, s'ourrr CAROLINA.

MACHINE FO R SCRAPING AND CLEANING INTESTINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,392, dated February 12, 1884.

Application filed June 16, 1883. (No model.)

T0 6! whom it ,may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW M. Woons, of Max P. 0., Shiloh township, county of Sumter, and State of South Carolina, have invented a..new and Improved Entrail Scraper and hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in. which similar letters of reference indicate cor-' responding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents the improvement in sectional elevation on line a: a: of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

On any suitable support, as abench or table, a, I fix a frame, consisting, preferably, of a sill, b, and posts 0, in which posts the wooden or metal drawing-roller d is journaled, to be revolved by a hand wheel or crank, e, at a suitable distance above the sill b, as shown.

Upon or to the roller d, and preferably in a shallow recess, d, of the roller, I fix by one end, as at'f, the spring clip device 9, leaving veniently thanfotherwise can be done, I make the bucket or pail h-in which the entrails are carriedand steeped in any suitable preparing-liquids-to also constitute the die-plate by forming in the pail the apertures i, of varying sizes, through any one of which the entrails" may be drawn by the roller d.

The sill b may be substituted by a few pins driven into the support a and projecting above it, for the pail h to rest against; but the construction shown is preferred, as the sill b may be cutaway or shaped to fit the side of the pail h, which is preferably made round, and makes a better guide for the pail in moving the pail around by one hand, to bring the hole i of the proper size forthe entrails to be cleaned nearest the roller cl. V

- In using the machine the entrails are carefully divested of outside fatty matters and emptied, then washed thoroughly and turned inside out, and then steeped or laid in salt for a few hours to loosen the mucous membrane and toughen the entrails, and when ready for final scraping and cleaning the entrails are placed in the pail h, partly filled with warm, soapy liquid, and the pail then adjusted next the drawing-roller (l, as in the drawings, whereupon a'few inches of one end of the entrail 0 are cleaned or scraped with a knife by hand, and that end passed through the right-sized aperture 2' and passed beneath the clip 9, and, if need be, around it, to secure a firm hold of the entrail by the roller cl, which is then revolved and draws the entrail en- .tirely through the die-plate aperture, and en 'tirely removing the mucous membrane-from the entrail, leaving it in a perfect condition when washed thoroughly-to. incase chopped meats or other food products or other articles requiring air-tight packing for their preservation or convenient transportation. By reversing the revolution of the roller d, the cleaned entrail may readily be removed or unwound therefrom.

The pail h may be of wood, and have suit able metal draw-plates fitted to it, instead of forming the apertures 72 directly through the body of the metal pail, as shown. Thus constructed, it is believed that my apparatus has material advantages, as regards economy of time and labor and the convenience with which the work may be done, over the slow process of cleaning the entrails by hand-knives in the usual manner.

The vessel It may be fitted with die-plates 17, adapted to be revolved-as the entrails are be 2. The combination, with the frame a b 0, connected mechanism, if desired. I supporting the rotating roller (1, fitted with a Having thus describedmy'invention, WhatI clamping device, of the pail 72, having die 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters apertures 01 formed therethrough, for the pas- Patent, issage and cleaning of the entrails, substantially 1. An entrail scraper or cleaner consisting as shown and described; of a rotating drawing-roller fitted with a suitable claniping device for grasping an end of the entrails, and a contiguous die-plate, through the apertures of which the entrails are drawn by the revolution of the roller, substantially as shown and described.

ing drawn through the platesby any suitable I ANDREVV' M. WVOODS.

Vitn'esses:

I. D. BLUNDING, R. S. BRADWELL. 

